The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC. JOURINTALS. The first care of Gavernment being naturally the exist ence of the- nation, it is no disgrace to Ministers, and can be no surprise to . the public, that a succession of Cabinet Councils should he on the eve of assembling, to deliberate on the most effectual and least objectionable measures for averring famine from the land. It is fit that the people should know their precise situation with regard to the means of subsistence. There is nothing more foolish or unwarrantable than the excitement of hopes of national prosperity, which it is obvious to those who raise them can never be fulfilled; were it only that the entertainment of such fallacious visions lead to a general disregard of economy, and a waste of resources, by which the coming mischief is doubly aggravated, when. it can no longer be frightened away by big words, and boastful misrepresen tations. The present moment, we have no scruple m saying, is one which calls for the utmost energy of action in the Executive GoVernMent, and of self-command and Thrbestatnee in the people. The returns of the late harvest, and theleports of the green crops yet ungathered, prove that there now exist , throughout the United Kingdom, the certain precursors of a scarcity of food; while the statute book. affords equally convincing evidence, that without Some bold and generousoperation by the King's (sovern inept, eve are not indebted to Parliament, or to its verbose eulogist, Mr. Robinson, for the slightest prospect of an escape from sufferings more severe than any that have as sailed the people of England and Ireland conjointly, within the memory of the present generation. Well-informed men of business, connected with the core trade, have visited, as a matter of necessity, every part of this island and of Ireland. If in some of the southern English counties the wheat crop may be justly termed a fine one, it net,so generally throughout Gr e at B r it a i n . I n some o f th e m idl an d districts wheat is short, though harvested of come in fine con dition. But if that grain, the food exclusively of the weal thier classes, does not exceed the average of other season), how areadful must be the expectations of those who work for' their daily and scanty meal, when all the inferior Crops, without exception, whi c h f a ll i n better times Within their meant of rturehear, have failed almost uni versally, In the barley counties there is not a supply to set the kilns at work. Few of the great barley growers in the north and centre of the kingdom will have a grain to:sell, or snore than gnou g h for next year's seed, and for immediate home consumption. Tho sheep in Lincolnshire are dying fo r want of proper ; nourishment, Offers have been made by one neighbour to another---" I will give you 130 of my sheep, if you will feed .50 more for use through the winter." A whole beast the price of a winter's Iceep for one ! On the best lands there, are hundreds of acres without a single turnip. Oats, like barley, are about suf ficient for seed; and potatoes an entire failure. Ireland, however, more moist in her average temperature than this country, used.to furnish liberal assistance when our crops were overpowered by drought. But what say: now the statements from Ireland ?. We do not refer to the newspapers only, which streat questions of the most solemn and unoffending kind with so incorrigible a prone. ness. to.party exaggeration. It is from private accounts that we seek for true intelligence of the state of Ireland, and these assure us that the inferior crops are there even worse than in this country. Altogether lost to the on - dope and starving peasants, barley, oats, and potatoes, their staff, or crutch, of life, have been extinguished by the ~want of rain. U n d er with circiunatances, theref o r e , i t cannot surely be ascribed as ft blame to Government, that it meets to settle the question of foreign importations, but rather, indeed, that suell vital questions had not long since been anticipated and determined, and the largest foreign supplies that could be laid .hold of lodged a month ago in 'British warehouses, as a competitor with the scanty and high-prieed native growth. .We cannot conceive it Infs. *4)10 that any mere matterof custom or expediency should be suffered, we do not say to prevent, but to retard for an hour, the admission of food, when human creatures stand in need of it. One part of the Cabinet, it is re ported, are favourable to the introduction of every sort of grain; but then comes the " inexpediency of acting with out consent of Parliament :" in other words, there are men, pretended statesmen too, who can • look on calmly, while thou ands of their fellowssubjeets perish, because they might risk the loss of their offices by saving them ! Is. it so ? But they would lose , not it,eingle office ' and they would fill half a million of hungry mouth s w i t h food; further, if. they wait, for more formal and technical ;nee, sures, the very time required to set the tnachinerY of Par liament in motion might cost e myriad of lives. We'vvriuld implore the 'Ministers to act like neat on this occasion—. to stand upon their grave responsibility, and open the ports to every description of human sustenance. If they dread a glut, they are not well-informed as to the condi tion of tome of the foreign harvests. About Hamburgh the crop wag unusually light, and little or no surplus for exportation. But if a glut be really dreaded, though for our parrs, in the present ease, we : regard such a fear as a chimera, let a proposal whirls wits presented a few days ago in a contemporary evening print, be turned at their next Cabinet, in the minds of Ministers, ' and if approved of, a howl.given by the eonaignees of each cargo of bar ley and oats ;Winkled under an Order in Council, for such an amount of tax upon the import as Parliament may he pleased to impose. Much uncertainty would, beyond all rpiestiim, he attached to every transaction in corn by such a provision as this, and to tia the suggestion would be mischievous ; but to obtain even a qualified mitis• gation of a prospect so deplorable as that which now over clouds this kingdom, there are few expedients so clumsy that one's conscience might not safely swallOw them. If Ministers hesitate, the tone for action will have gone by; and if the hesitation springs from any qualm about " Parliament," we tell them that they are State labourers, utterly unworthy of their hire.—Tiones. It would appear that affairs begin to wear a very alarm ing aspect in Ireland. Men have assembled in large bodies, it is said, in open day, demanding food, and si multaneous meetings have taken place in the counties of Cork, of Limerick, and Tipperary. At Ratlikele large supplies of bread and money were extorted, and -at Cashel a large body openly declared that if they did not get re haft they would possess themselves of food by main force. At Caber, a hungry mob attacked the house of a gentle mitt, who appeased the famished multitude by Oroying out a quantity of bread. Them proiTedings may well inspire us with alarm. lu u l . ig ant the unarm is more general, and it presses with peculint• sevcirity nistress only on a comparatively small part of the pop„I , " in Ireland means a whole people without ,hrotigh. out the greatest part of the country, there is a dead 104 o f p o verty. Prom the rich landlord and his Middleman you descend at once to the famis hed peasantry, without the means of assisting e ach other, and w i t h out Wealthy neighbours to assist them either from charitabl e mot i ves, or from fear for the security of their property. In another column we have eXtracted an article from the; Patriot, Government Paper, which states some particulars respect. ing the conduct of landlords, that musebe attended to, Would it be believed that in the county of Monaghan the tenantry of a great landholder, a Mr. Shirley, have been caNd,upon, as a means of averting seizure and sale, to subscribe a declaration like the following :-- We, the tenants of Mr. Shirley, and freeholders on Ids estate, are sorry for the part we took at the late Election, and were led astray by interested individuals so to doi and we now pledge ourselves to support the interests of our landlords on future occasions." This is speaking in language not to be misunderstood; that Election is a farce, in theacting of which even de cency in not to be observed. The however,,ab hers such plain dealing. Appearances must be kept up; awl the spirit that lately`extinguished Cornish Borough still exists among us. The quire of Monaghan will, find, that, like other people, they must be hypocrites, if they wish to possess power. Their conduct will, we have no doubt, be very generally decried.—illontigg Chronicle. Our readers must see by Mir extracts from the French papers, that the bigotry and intolerance of the ; French Clergy are becoming every day more end_more apparent. The lower Clergy in particular, instigated no doubt by their superiors, the Jesuits, seem to lase no opportunity of exerting their authority, and of claiming that blind obe dience and subuilasion which they were accustomed to in the darkest ages of superstition, We rejoice to see this, for the same reason. that we rejoice at the increasing grievances of our Court of Chancery. Nothing probably but the magnitude of the evil can bring about-a thorough reform.. The priesthood in France are evidently, though unconsciously, paving the way to so desirable an object, and are.daily verifying the adage, Quen; Dense:tit perdere pries dementat. What else but madness can inspire the young curates with such an antipathy to music and dan eing, or lead them to interdict amusements which have been practised by- that gay people from time immemorial, and which seem as -necessary to their existence as bread and wine Nothing short of frenzy, indeed,- could make these ministers throw aside the gravity of their character, and resort to those extraordinary measures imputed .to them in the French papers. We hear of them chasing the dancers from the field, not by threats of excommuni cation-, or of their displeasure, but by assaulting the prin cipal ringleaders, and by pursuing the unfortunate min strels to the top of trees in order to wrest from them-their obnoxious instruments—the cause of all this mirth and gaiety. Such conduct can only excite ridicule, and bring the actors into contempt.' There is another part of their eonduet, however, which must excite very different feel ings—we mean their refusing to grant Christian burial, or the last consolation of religion, to those who have incurred their displeasure. Instances of this - kind- are even more common than the former. Scarcely a week passes but we hear of them refusing to men of good character, and meri torious conduct some of those rites which they willingly grant to the vilest criminal. These accounts commonly appear in what are called the liberal papers ; they are sel dom contradicted or even alluded to by . the Ministerial Journals, and may be regarded therefore as too well founded When we read that a man of good moral cha racter is refused the last sacrament, because he had taken an active part in the revolution; or had not, in every respect, conducted himself according to the dogmas of the Church of Ronne, it is impossible not to contrast this in -tolerant spirit with, that humane and generous disposition which animated the Founder of our religion. He adnii glistered consolation to the thief on the cross, and in all his intercourse, with the people evinced the utmost compas sion and forgiveness for the frailties of human nature.— The French clergy cannot forgive. They refuse that lust ceremony, which every Catholic regards as almost indis pensable to his future welfare, anti even persecute their victim after death, by denying his body christian burial. Trusting perhaps to the support of the King, or his Mi nisters, or the Jesuits, they may follow this course for some time with impunity, but experience ought to con vince them that sooner or later it .will meet with due pu nishment. James 11., with the assistance of the Jesuits, attempted in vain to establish his favourite religion in spite of the great body of the people, and we can see noreason why the French Clergy, even with the assistance of the King, should be more successful.—Morning Herald. The Times of yesterday has embodied in a leading ar ticle the reports of the French Opposition Papers, relative to the part which France is expected to take with regard to Portugal. The result at which: the writer of the article in question has arrived is not very determinate, and we might satisfy ourselves on this occasion by merely referring to the arguments on this subject which. we recently stated, and which, we are well assured, are those on which the question has actually turned. We lurve uniformly newt. , rated the feelings anti reasonings of the Slitutish Cabinet from those of the French -Ministry ; and we do not by any means identify the whole of the French Ministry with the portion of it which really directs all its proceedings, and stands in immediate connexion witn the predominating in fluence throughout Europe. We do not consider every ostensible Member of Administration as acquainted with the system by which Europe is at present governed, and therefore the connexioa of some Journals (ITT this and the other side of the Channel with particular portions of an Administration (though that Administration may not be divided in sentiment) must not be considered as giving a truly official stump to every article of intelligence, or every mode of argument, even in cases where these articles and arguments have been approved by individuals in official situations. We pretend not to any official knowledge of facts which ought not and will not be divulged by autho rity in any Journal whatever; but we can venture, from Means of intelligence open to all, to state some particulars which render the assertions of the Times extremely doubt ful. A Cabinet Council of French Ministers was lately held at St. Cloud, at which those. Ministers were not pre sent who are supposed, either in the French Cabinet or among the Foreign Ambassador's at Paris, to represent the the liberal pari of the diplomatic body in Europe. The object of this Meeting was, by the intervention of Russia,, to show to those who arc enemies to the semblance of a Constitution, that the proceedings of Don Pedro are not so irreconcilable to the views of the Continental Sovereigns as these individuals have been led to imagine. If the in formation which we have received can be depended upon, M, Poiso di Borg() turned the arguments of the Ultras against themselves, insisting on the absolute right of Don Pedro to, (home of mid make over his rights and titles to the kingdom of Portugal i n th e manner,, and to the indi viduals, that he might think. proper ;.:but denying at the same time the right of any foreign Power, either actually or ostensibly, to influence the determinations of the Em peror of Brazil, and maintaining that the interference of Sir Charles Stuart ought not to he exhibited in that light either to the people or to the Sovereigns of Europe. It is. necessary, therefore, that England and Portugal should concur iii removing those false conclusions which a certain party hes been led to draw respecting the consequences gaunt likely to arise from' the ant of thenew Constitution, as indicating au intention oft the part of England to support the advocates of revolution throughout Europe. For this purpose several discussions will be necessary, but the re sult is not doubtful.—British Press. The Tones of yesterday mentions ski a matter of wonderment the arrival of ,two Cochin-Chinese war ships (the 2'oy Lana frigate, and 13tietuany brig), at Prince of Wales's Island. It ie exactly a year and three months since the dream stance occurred. So much for the early intelligence of the Times. The same leading piper iniglit have added, that though the com manders gave out that trade was not their object, and that they had been sent out by their government to gain nautical and geo graphical experience, and a knowledge of naval tactics ; yet in the end it appeared they had each a cergo of Tonquin lead and sugar, " silk, an heard, and were glad to dispose of their articles to the hest advantage. ADVANTAGZ OF LYINGI.-- , A notorious thief bein g about. ,to he tried for hia r life,' confessed the robbery he, was ebarged with. The Judge hereupon directed the Jury, to find him guilty opine hix own confession. The Jury, having laid their leads together, brought him in not guilty.... The Judge hadethein cotter of it again; but still they b r o u ght in their verdict not T he Judge then asked them the reas on. The foreman P there is reason enou gh ; f or we a ll know he is one of t.,e , I greatest liars in the world."—Stuffordshire Advertiser. por t .4,4 ve i r o Y :1 1 1 , 1 4 g anti oafiTa tin e 7 x d , t ft r y ap io rd ‘ i s n t a p ry in . e i h m bec rg k i , a n r ho t s, rehidem, vr ;T ramit c ! where the ReY, J. Wayte, Lecturer of Boston, Y ear w S aS pald P i e ng r : ceeded t o the ~ mto at the wailer) , window; the robber pro. where he appears to have minutely examined the plate, And particularly rnarlce4 . e "t t .e , cteil only such articles as were not the dinior ,, room he e examined the lower rooms, and in I.;ftifpenee': but the .kof ti i:u N t i t i work-table and took out some containing cosh, he left tin , :tea t taiez,ni,lvies immediatelyind; :ib aiyin il Wi leasinglc o b r . . e v kB . ya.pce bit:t ,atth r f ti leet el that,it the drain, I rn s i no oe,b,raevontal)d-s, LAW INTEtLIGERCt. COURT OF-CHANCERY, Atd, iS. M'COY V. .110BERT3ON. His - LORDSiTIP decided that he should not refuse this application for an injunction against the publishing of the Mechanics' Magazine, with costs, but Without costs. He thought the parties ought to be content with this. Mr. RICHERSTETH again pressed for his Lordship's rea sons, as he thought the case involved many important part nership and copyright questions ; but His LORDSHIP still shyed off, saying the parties would be better to be kept in the dark as to their real situation ! Several other matters were mentioned, but little or no thing finally disposed of. His LORDSHIP will come down to-morrow to deliver out some orders, and to send intimations to attornies, of the names of cases in which he will give judgment on Thursday . and Friday. He had not intended . , to sit on Wednesday, but on being pressed for leave, by Mr. Duck worth, to give a notice of motion for that day, for• leave to sell some partnership machinery, he said he would come down then specially to hear the motion, at ten o'clock. SCONGALL V. CAMPBELL. Mr. CIIING stated that this was the vase in which Mr. Stead bad applied to have the bills of costs of Messrs. Fresh&ld and Co. taxed on the ground of excessive Anti exorbitant charges ; and which the Court had directed to stand over till Mr. Stead was furnished with affidaviti of Solicitors, stating the practice ai to the mode of charg ing. Mr. Stead had now got the affidavits of some of the most respectable Solicito}•s in the City, stating that they had looked into the hills of costs in question, and consi dered many of the charges to he most improper. He had also got the affidavit of the very gentleman who on a former occasion had made a joint affidavit that had been used by Messrs. Freshfield and Co. as being in their favour, now stating that that former affidavit Was madi applicable to an abstracted case, and without having, or being meant to have, any application to the present case brought before the Court. The Learned Counsel said, he was willing either simply to read the affidavits, or to leave them to his Lordship to look at in private, and deal with as he should think right and proper. He did not think that he could usefully or honourably read them, making the strong observations upon them that he should be hilly entitled to make, bearing on the characters of these gentlemen, in the absence of Counsel on the other side. 11ia Lortosim , said he would take the affidavits, and read them himself. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . MANSION-HOUSE.-About 13 years ago a man was trans ported for life from Norwich for a burglary. lie conducted him self with great propriety in Botany Bay, and realized some pro , perty there. A short time ago a person was apprehended as that individual, charged with having •returned from transportation, and committed for trial to Newgate, where he is now confined. lie denies that he ever was transported to New South Wales ; but, from some cause or other, he felt anxious to assign his pro perty, which amounts to between 3001. and 400/., to another man until the event of the trial slionld be ascertained. The assign ment was made in the prison, and nothing remained to be done with respect to the property, but to have it handed over to the party chosen to receive it into his possession. It consisted of bills drawn by a convict in Botany-bay, and accepted by the Goiern ment there, and endorsed by thein to the Treasury here, and it lay in the hands of the officer who had' apprehended the prisoner. The officer, upon being applied to, refused to give up the papers without some authority, to which he might refei in case of being called upon, the property of a felon becoming forfeit to the King upon conviction. Application was immediately made to the sitting Magistrates at some of the police-Am to compel the officer to resign the property, but they refused to interfere. 'The Secre tary of State was also applied to, but he had his objections, and the assignee came to the Lord Mayor, requesting that his Lordship would order the restoration oflhe bills. The Lord Mayor thought the application an extraordinary one, and refused to give any ili trctiott to the officer, whims the assign e! inimediately threatened with an action in troves. The officer is considered justified in holding the property, and he declare./ that be will abide the issue of any action. GUILDHALL,— Groves Cleveland, the owner of some of the Hammersmith stages, was brought up on a warrant,' charged with assaulting Canha►n ► the street-keeper of St. Paul's Church-yard, under the circumstances detailed in our , Paper, yesterday. The City Solicitor attended on tha part of the officer, and called as a witnes►► William Whiting, a ticket-porter, who corroborated Can harn's statement. Mr. Hum miters, as solicitor for the defendant, contended, that the stage-coachman had a right to remain in the Church-yard ten minutes, and that Canham ought not to have interfered with Cleveland at the time in question. He said he had witnesses who would prove the defendant was in fact first assaulted.—The Me tropolitan Act, and the City Sewers' act, being both placed in the hands of Alderman Brown as touching upon the question raised by the defendant's attorney, the Alderman observed, that in the multitude of counsel it was said there was wisdom, but in the multiplicity of Statutes lie was sure there was confusion. After referring to the Acts, he said that the coachmen had no time whatever allowed for plying ; they were allowed the necessary time fin• taking up or setting down any fare, or to wait ter pas sengers when actually hired, but even then they must not remain longer than ten minntes....--The defendant was anxious to he heard in person, as well as to have his witnesses examined; but the Alderman said, this was► a case which must evidently go, to the Sessions, and he should therefore order Air. Cleveland not to find pail, but as he was a respectable man, to enter into hie own recoil iiiances to appear at the Sessions. . BOW-STREET.—Sanauet ilinppin, an elderly man of re spectable appearance, wag placed at the bar, charged with defrail ing Mr. John Thomas, of No. 425; Oxford -street, cutler, of goods to the value of 51. ; and; also with attempting to utter a forgid bill of exchange for I 9/. 10s., purporting to be the acceptance of Mr. William Keating, cutler, residing near Sheffield.. that on the 21st of June last the prisoner h ea a t n l u d i e l r ed in i t i k o 'h l i t i v i i s l e :s s h ; s o t a r a r, t v ed i a n e O ty x Oxford-street, fr tr e ee r : n , t an p d a ,as tte k r e n d s tt w r e se re e s loa v e n iv h o i r n y ) : end after some deliberation the prisoner made a selection of soMe, which he ordered to be parked up and directed that a bill should be made out, and that he would pay the amount in cash. While the ehopman WIM in the act of draw;ng out the bill, the prisoner suddenly snatched up the parcel he had purchased, and throwing down a hill of exchange on. the' counter, be said, " There's banker's acceptance for UV. 10s., keep it as a security, and I'll bring you W. to-morrow at ten o'clock, and take back the bill." He then darted from the shop and disappeared. Mr. Minsnut.t.--:..11ad you ever known the prisoner, or had you any dealingsfavith him, prior to this transaction ? Mr. Thomas said, that the prisoner had been occasionally in his shop, and that on one or two occasions he had purchased, some children's knives from him: The bill which the prisoner threw down appeared to be the .acceptance of Mr. Wm. Keating, a cut ler, near Sheffield, who was known to him (Mr. Thomas) bid on writing to that gentleman to ascertain the fact, his agent wrote back word that the prisoner was nephew to Mr. Keating, that the bill was a forgery, and that the prisoner had forged hi* uncle's name on two occasions before the prevent. Soon after the receipt of this letter the prisoner was taken into custodyi hut he somehow contrived to effect his escape, and had since eluded the search of the T n i fn m e:r i s so u n n er ti , l tihniebidsady,efweilicieeir custody. (Mr. T.) me t hi m i n S t . Gilea's, and gave bin s again into eody. . said that Mr. Thomas owed him IV. Ws: on a former amount between them, when he Plc • ironer) was as irsrtner in the firm of Gregory, . .Woods; Cooke, and Co. and he said that in taking the goods from Mr.. Thomas, he intended to give him credit for theantount.': With. et to the ftithieliTglrilelll,l:hrregeiswornYa.s'rehnwttailtsalled);untulotyricilimtdniiiittastuerigibeeo.ndiad not offer - to negotiate charge of feloniously taking from the s h o p o f Mr. Tbomas a. quantity o f cut l ery, value M. QUEEN.SQUARE.--Th e driver of the hackney coach No. 197, WWI ennimoned to thi s o ffi ce b y J. A rc her,-Esq. of Stafford. placto Phn fur charging one shilling more than his fare; atoll upon the exaction being here proved, the defendant was tined in the sum of 201, and roots. • -John Mandit, Esq., a native of France, !lOW residing in Caro line-place, Citelsom, complained done' RiehardEr.d4er, owner of the boat No. 801, for insulting him, also hie son, and three ladies in companywith them, on theirretttrning from a abort excursion on the river Thum*. Complainant went upon the water near .Chelsea'Old (:'‘ltttrelt, and returned with hiri - party to the soma spot, where he suddenly heard the boatman making Inc of ex- preseions• too sh oc ki ng for himself to rep eat . The defendant's complaint was, that the complainant's boat had injtired his. Complainant - said, that if durtige was . done, Its was "'lift I" pay for it, but the defendant lutcl collated a mob AM him, through which he was obliged to 'pass, and among Whom were several of his neighbours. Bridget stated that the complainant's boat had done his (the defendant's) boat so much injury during the landing; that it could not be repaired fot less than ten shillings. He admitted, at the urns time, that during his passion, he was aware of his having made use of some unguarded expressions. Mr. GRZGORIZ—It was a most disgraceful thing to bully a gentleman, and that gentleman a foreigner, when he happened not to want you; you must either make an apology to him, or enter into good recognizance* towards him. Mr. WRITE, after first remarking that the 15th section of the Waterman's Act provided- . for this offence, took occasion to inti mate it as his opinion, that the •abuse and misconduct and over charges of watermen themselves, while plying for fares, and upon their landing them, was one principal cause why, comparatively estimated, so few parties took excursions on the Thames. If such persons were generous, they were imposed upon; if parsimoni ous, they were abused;. and he declared that he knew, speaking from his own knowledge, that many pounds would during the season be continually laid out upon the watermen if it were not for such conduct as wax exhibited in the present case. After an apology to Mr. Mandit—made at once, the waterman was amerced in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings and six pence, besides, costs and hearing. (Mr. White's observations with regard to many of the watermen, are but too true. Many of them are most insolent and most imposing.) LAMBETH-STBEET,—Yesterday a middle-aged man, named Barron, was brought in custody of Chriitian, the constable of Stepney, and placed at the ,bar before Sir DANIEL WILLIAMS, charged with having on that morning attempted to murder his daughter, Mrs. Lydia Beggs, and with having, in his efforts to accomplish hi♦ desperate purpose, inflicted several severe wounds on her throat and neck. Mrs. Beggs, who wan assisted into the office by her husband and one of the officers, appeared in a very debilitated state, both from hiss of blood and vehement fear. The wounds were five in number, and were principally on the neck and throat, with the exception of one on her cheek, which, though not of very great depth, extended about an inch and a half in length. None of these; however, (the. main arteries hav ing fortunately escaped Uninjured) it is thought will prove mortal. Being accommodated with a seat, by the order of Sir Daniel Wil liams, she, in a low and tremulous voice, gave the following ac count of the desperate attempt. She said, that on that morn ing, about ten o'clock, she was standing at her shop window in Stepney, when the prisoner, who was her father, came towards her, and asked her ►f her mother was there. She answered him in the negative, and before she had time to turn round, he seized her by the neck, and drove a knife into her several times. She endeavoured to escape from him, but was unable, until rescued by her sister. Jane Barron examined.—l am daughter to the prisoner, and sister to Mrs. 'Daggs. This morning, about half-past ten o'clock, I was up stairs when I heard my sister scream ; I harried down, and saw her lying on the graVel ontsid4 the door. My father was standing over her, and she was bleeding profusely. I snatched the knife from him, and endeavoured to rescue her out of his hands, by pushing him off her. This I succeeded in, and' gave the knife to the headtiorough. Sir D. Wt l moms asked the prisoner vvhat he could possibly advance in extenuation of this horrible offence ? Prisoner.—l haie, together with my family, been in the greatest distress these last two monthi, and she (pointing to Mrs. Daggs) has got all my property. Sir DANIEL.—Do you think that that would authorize you to commit murder, or would it preserve you from an ignominious death. Prisoner.—l am tired of life—l do not care hOw soon I die. Sir D4Nler..—lt would he dangerous to leave you at liberty ; you must therefore give 24 hours' notice of bail, yourself in 501. and two sureties in 25/. each, to keep the peace, and in default thereof you must go to prison. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and when he had got to the outer office, his eon-in-law declared that he would in dict him at the next Old Bailey Sessions, under Lord Ellenho rough's Act. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday , John Tennant, a toll collector at the Ball's Pond gate, Islington, wan brought before Mr. Osborne, by Thomas Cope, a street-keeper, charged with stealing a horse. Mr. Win. James Bowser, a horse-dealer, stated that on Friday' his man:had to take two horses to Mr. Seeley's, at Holloway, but at. the Ball's 'Pond gate mm of them was taken from him by the prisoner. I went to Maidstone, said the complainant, sod did. not return home till Sunday, when I asked about the horses, and my man told me that— Mr. OsaoaNe—Don't repeat what your man told you, but tell me what you know yourself. Complainant—Then I have nothing more to say. Mr. Bowser's man, Joseph Finch, being sworn, stated that on Friday morning lie took two horses to sell at Smithfield market; but they remained Unsold, and at night he' had to take them back to Mr. Seeley'n, at Holloway. When he arrived at Ball's Pond gate,, the defendant allowed him to pass with one horse, but re fusel a passage for the other without payment of the toll, alleging that the animal had not before passed his gate. The witness as sured him he had paid at the Islington gate for both horses, and as he said, produced the toll ticket. The defendant still declared that only one hOrse bad before passed, and would not suffer the other to proceed, unless the toll was paid. The witness then rode forward to the next gate, leaving one horse behind, and stated his case to the gate-keeper; who advised him to return to the de fendant nod pay the toll Vile insisted on it, taking his name, in order, if necessary, to have him before a Magistrate. He accord ingly returned and tendered a - shilling for the toll; but his horse had then disappeared. Upon further inquiry it turned out, that the horse being left behind by the witness, who refused to pay the toll, the defendant sent the, animal to the Green-yard, from whence it was subse quently removed and kept at livery; and on Sunday evening' the complainant obtained the assistance 'of Cope, and insisted on his apprehending the defendant on the charge of stealing the horse, and he was accordingly kept in custody until yesterday. The Magistrate of course dismissed the case, saying there was not the least pretence for charging the defendant with felony. A professional gentleman, employed by the Trustee, as we un derstood, attended for the defendant, and carefully noted the pro ceeding*, apparently with a view to ulterior proceedings in a court of law. UNION-;HALL. —Yesterday a young man, named James C'ok man, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, B. J. CIIAMIIERS, Esq. charged with endeavouring to compromise a felony, under the following circumstances : It appeared that one night last week, a young man named Grigg, a journeyman batter, wax robbed of 4 watch, together with some handkerchief*, in Queen-street,' in the Mint, while in a state of intoxication. Soon after the robbery a man and woman were apprehended, both of whom'were identified as' having robbed the complainant, and they were accordingly committed for *bd.-- Subsequent to their counnittal the above-mimed prisoner called on Grigg, and having alluded to the robbery in, question, ob served, that he sought the interVitm% in the behalf of the persons who were charged with the offence, adding, that in the event of the coMplamant dropping - the prosecution; he should be handsomely remunerated, besides having the watch, and the other articles he had been robbed of, restored to him again.— The complainant, however, refused to I ieton , to n l n e Y bo ca u m c i promise, observing, that he and the witnesses e • Sessions. Coletrian, perceiving that he was u oow.tig .a to under heavy recognizance* to prosecute' the p m r t r e o c t ru l i v era t . oi at io the e nevciations, departed; but returned the hr:t ii )1, 1 0104 ; 1 i Y that i c t ri g 4 ; j eca l ce n t a te b t u f e 'tila to the recognizance tinder make' fresh overtures. On this occasion watch l and handke Grigg should not only receive back h par , olancp :.. ll • 4 o j us: s a id i e a ra e b x l i e n s e t tat irn d of his tma fi n:e . n : ptoiefortit,t)insoarsolthiwitoto:do,uharbinibt,,,g behalf besides,cltiefs,- but i h t e h x a v t o h iti e d should afro t t i l l: a tpi l ee ) t s tie e ceer n: l e iiinh f a r ot o ui rn oidn t bo o e w r d n aepf t p i re l a l ayr i i l in i . e g ; the prisoner w i as lad a , p b p ee ll n li a ': o , we : h n a. C fr o o le rr it i I:: iimsaiind thethe A s i m in o t :th t i c t ,f ap h p i his r io t, which'he was hound , w e-- 1 )., He then went away, intini t - - cognizance* should be pait a l h a m s s t it I see him ere lung with part of the ing that the complainant 1 fOi in the 'pace 'f o , a very few ft muds , he returned . to urtgg, n produced th e watc h, hours a,. e • i nt h., the officer, had been sent' fits,who en In Ihe ° er "' ''''-) .' • tl act of deliveringthe ' - v-tiirtaitpe tiirtaitpe the p th ri n is t otter kept his ~.. ~ an._ , prehended the prisoner in le up watch to the comphiinant. . the business, and, •• in his defence d eclaredthat he teat stranger in errloe!ei,ptirrit,titii , i ,04, .proi!.er.ohllister.He mserte4 a tltlmwas li o g— rti, fromlreland, hocket , on earm a his sister (tbl &Mal prisoner) he was *al on a was' committed for trial charg e or felony. He , immediately town, and that , on b ins arrival t ere a few days ago, _ , length intere t a*Ce ed h rt i ti n ried li w i h n ere the watch was depohYsitetiitilt, of inquiry, i w n t i • r l ) ; ' tl a te t complainant had been robbed,' and suc cee d e d i n procuring it, imagining that should it he restored,the prosecutor would forego Inoront of the ittunvledge of the laWs of this country, and that in his anxiety to save a sister from a disgraceful punishment he was not aware that he was tranagreesing them. The prisoner was cotninitted. MEETINGS O 1 CREDITORS: LONDON DIARY, THURIDAY, Armin 31. _ ‘ (At the Court of Commissioners.) ir. Allen and Smith, Alcester,at the Swan, Warwick ....„ It --R J. Corbett, Birminghamoyal Hotel, Birmingham l2 G. Ellie, Kexbrough, York—Beaumont Arms, Bretton P. Geronimo, Bristol—Royal Hotel, Birmingham Hodson and Shepherd, Liverpool—George, Liverpool T. and W. Jackson, Liverpool—George, Liverpool J. Moore, sen. Burnley—Black Bull, Burnley J. Parr, Nottingham—King George IV. Nottingham Ticklelc Roberts, Burnley, Lancashire—Thorn Inn, Burnley W. Symonds, StowmarlCet—Kiner Head, Stowmarket G. Webster, Liverpool—George, Liverpool J. Torr, Nottingham—King George IV. Nottingham INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOW. 00 Monday se'nnight the Prince of Peace Lodge, Dialey, held tbeir, Third Grand ' 'Anniversary at the house of Brother Floldgate. They were joined in their procession to Church by many visiting brethren frOm the neighbouring lOdges of Macclesfield, Bollingtoii, New Mills, Marple Bridge.' Stockport, and Manchester. TI order of the procession, accompanied by music, had an impoSing effect. We understand that the sermon on the occasion was etoi neotly calculated to'promote this virtues of benevolence and bye therly love. After dinner many loyal and constitutional toasts were drank, and the greatest harmony prevailed. We beiieve thi.t this Association isvapidly on the increase, and is eminently ogehtl in relieving the distresses of its members.—Macclesfield Hersild• DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, AND LOSS OF LIFE.—Ye" terday morning a fire broke out between twelve and one o'cloet in the house No. 4, Plummer's-row, Commercial-road, which, we regret to say, has been attended, not alone with the destruction of property, but also the loss of life. OP its being perceived, the watchman on the beat sprung his rattle, which attracted the at tention of Mr. Miller, the chief officer of Lambeth4treet, a resi dent in the neighbourhood, who hastened at once to the scene a devastation. On his arrival, the miserable inmates were scream ing in the most heart-rending manner for assistance, and he ,Mesa induced, in consequence, to procure a ladder, and place it *Ott the front of the house, with the intention of rescuing them from their perilous situation, In this he No onimecetsful, and, ill en deavouring to aid his fellow -creatures, very nearly sacrificed his own life. :Scarcely had he mounted the bidder, and broke one of the windows, when the flames and smoke burst opt with t he greatest violence, and precipitated him from a height of 20 feet On the navement. The injuries he received were rather fowl. One of his hands is much cut, and his feet ranch bruised. A young man of the name of Solamons, at the same moment, threrVhilli; self se f v r eia lon i the two pair window, by which his lxitly was frat iure " in places. He now lies ie the London Hospital, a v er y dangerous state. The landlady'of the bowie, a ratherelderlyiv" man, was not so fortunate ; she fell a victim to the devouring t; • meat, and was reduced nearly to a Cinder. An inquest will holden this evening on h e r remains . Th e fi re was goi g ill e little after two o'c lock, but not before the entire of the Irmit4lP and every vestige of property; was redticed to an indiecnn l i" i s ir te , heap of ruins. It is sa id t o have originated fool. a ' ;e4ln( which had been left lighted, waiting the arrival of S HOP INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH, AUG. 28.—The picking of New Hops cornmem'a; this day, and generally this day week. The quality will het( t , good as for many yearn pa s t. A f ew N ew Pockets at mar e which have sold at Bf. MAIDSTONE, Ana. 24,..—0ur Hops are going on escasliinli will, and the duty keeps advancing. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 90. .for t h. 41b.. Loaf—There ire other's who sell from a halfpenny to Orb" pence halfpenny below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—.Atio. 26. Nrw Rtigllsh Red Clover Seed (per 521. Oa. Ant 706. Old Ditto Ditto 3tis. 4As. ,fine 504. New Aweigh Diti Old Ditto Ditto.... New. White Claret Old New Trefoil Old Di t gib Grebe English 'Carr/twirl Seed Foreign Ditto Coriander St. Foin -- Rye Grass Pacey Ditto - Linseed, for feeding li6s. 'fine 60s. R. Th. 414'640 Vs- SN' S4a: fins. fine 6Ss. 6" 30*. 4.55. 6ne 430- g 4. 21s. 115 s. fine Vis. 2 8 $ 84. 14s, fine 16s. INV *6ss 844 Ant 350. 3 8 $. *o*. 314. 331, fine — 1 264. 284. SOL fine — 4 - 134. 174. 194. fine --a 364, 454. fine —4. -.4;234. 26a. fine --a —a. 2fis, 245. fine:tic 346. 364. fine 34e. .(per Quarter), Ditto, for crushing - -s 3W. 335. brie 35 , Canary Seed, New-82s. 91s. fine Ills: 11i15....01d -5...-a; ....... fine —s- White Mustard Seed .....---(per 8u5he1)............. —.. Bs. 10s. hne —' Brown Ditto Turnip Sceda „.„ , , --4. 425. Os. line ' - ' l ' Green and Bed Ditto.— . . ' —l. 48s: 500: flee Tares, Old ....-os. Od. WI. 6d. tine Oh. Ild....—New —s. Og. fins 11‘. lit Ilape Seed, English, tine (per Last) 21/. to 221....... Foreign 7 11 - 0 PRICE OF OIL lait 6 Rape Oil, brown 301. OIL Refitted t , Linseed Oil —• 1 ° Linkeed Oil Cake at the Mill, per r thous/aid 3 6 1 0 Rape Cake, per ton • WHITRCIIAPEL IT AY Ikt A RKET.AIis:I6. OW. Od. to 108:. 0(1. I 10 Clover 190 s. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (par Cwt.)—Avo.' 48. Pockets. rits. t. TiO4' KtMt ft/. B s . 9/. Os. to W. lbs. Kent B 71. 1 01 . i IS& Attesert 71. IN. 81. Os. to 8/. As. Sussex .. . '7l, M. to ; I : Eh. Essex—et.. Os. 9!. Os, to IW. 9s. Esser 71. 71 . , 10 i y. Os. Farnham, tine (Pockets) IN. ~os. to ) 1. Os . —Seconds, N. 01 1 . 1 ° ' 'Old Duty Lti ud at 230,0001. PRICE O 1 Po ` New Potatoes - 7 'ATOES.—M 1040•4 for, uOl. 2fL P•r•Thn' PRIM 9tr' LEATHEL Per Ih. d. , Per lb. ll ' to ri autts---.1.0.0 . to to— .° 16 Ditto.-- A 0 to 6111 b..—. to Spanish 1 1 Dressing Hides—. 13 to 15 Per dozen. 16 t o 21 Pine Coach Hides 'l5 to 17 '; Calf Skins-- 35 to _W. t o 4a Crop tildes, 35 to 401 b- 13g to Ititto --- 50 tO 70FP• „t t to 01 Ditto-...--. 45 to 5011,-; to' I 7 Ditto • 10 to 110 1 b. la Ditto 17 to 11) Small Seals, Greenland-....-• mid ' dii . n ' go ......................... 2 6 It to ANN 2 :I - 1 31 1D ar E k S et . oar , . .' (I '; i d. i . _. Per Stone. s. d. e. d. Per Montt ' 't to BeSCHeilers And Steers 210 to 3 0 Ordinary —.—......—.-- 1 n ' tocb• I ____.- Os. Od. to Os, SHEEP SKINS * Lamb L..» Ir Ad. to 24. 3d. MARKET.—Avo.VB. d: unOtll.. 17 3 Coltingwood-- 44 0 Eishton M00r...... 26 0 Beaton 30 6 Hebburn Main 199 Liddell's Maiii.*.l6 Ord's Redhugh 25 0 Pelaw 30 0 Pontop Windsor— 47 6' Tantleld Moor.— 31 3 0 Sidra at Market, a. ci, 6 Vylatu 2S fl WallsZsidßenvicktal 9 W. E. Brown's-4n 9 W. E Northumb. IA 6 W. E. Russell's W. F.. Riddell's 30 6 'tantield Trader 31 0 Stcwprt sutdl—., 17 0 Prissy Bean IS 0 Cowpen 6 57%—.—Ships sold, 3P ..IA 4I oti so Cuba tg 6 6 Cohn co -ft7 to St C e Y . one 39 ti 0 Stone & A TV' a stobittlME,°"- 0 6 Neehnt it 3 WA. Estem" Watts Cne LO"' d si 9 W. F.. Loupbton,-,si r. ' ai On the Ipai inst., at Ahertl ß een ll ;the lady of Cie Ho. O to ! Forbes, of a son rind heir.. wife '' t On the'23d inst., Iliargaret Ainscough, aged 40 Yenc E ,,hire• Wm. Aiuscough, ti pain. labouring man, of rtannn i ii of 141 ' 4 was delivered of three children, tws llirl 4 a nd a uol. ' a are Hoing well. of A , On Sunday, the 27th' inst.', the lady of W 0 .3. .--' „ ' OK' daughter. - _ MARRIED. h 1 in l 4 On the 24th inst., Mr. W'll' ' El . he t " " 6" eldest daughter . ' lam Chtgebi 1° as o f D e mark ilin Ye earn stetd be ay i , w l) ol lth t e he ll la iv te . G C:l 2 P4 Co i l n es j , a t r4 h: 4 . I ll teN ll, . l6 E n : a uk:: tillr ol lon of N. Harden. Esq. of Hadley," to Fi a, third &MP° the late T. wi„dcworth, Es q, , tun of tit t of Mr. S. F. Letton, of centv' l e tl4 h. to l.' "a i Greenwich. q, no r): Etlatzet India i o? nst m ., pit a p t y l, 4 7 4en , Ki n., t, Mr. . R. A A ri f t; i e t i o d b e il ig i t n : rs ' ug hte ~ n To On the 17th Kist .,' at St. Niebobtf, by the itr - v• -,.},,,, 'll Tyler, A.AI., John Augustus, 11.011 of the Right Nan. d°",,„ b r 4 liven, of Melling* Lodge, Bucks, to Jane, youngot, ( 1 647 Admiral Sir C . tYler , K.C.B. .4 cburdi, caor - _. atieishit' -- ----- high treason , ------Diit :,,, 061 0 s of t Lately, at Ai ',. railst ! ,„.„ ston Elizabeth hlartitti aged- JO. -. 71 ,..,! e , „f per w4'eu mip In Porthumberlaml, and was aervant to the E ar! - t..., f ter, w hets - that unfortunste nOli tniitittipiated t he ' nil ! aeon on the scaffold On 2 . ' - 07 the 7th nist., at Denmark-hill, Thorns., the eldest ill. Crawford Davison, Esq. of New Broad-et**, and PieretP ° Lodge, near Farnham, aged 20. insil" On Satortlay, the 86th init., Aged 73, Annabelle, the 0 beloved wife of Coptairt Eade, of Bayfor k f=plarce , tittii4 fO , t tits - 1 4 0 - No. 1 12," Mad;